MORGANTOWN – Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced on Tuesday that WVU will receive an $8 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to advance its rare earth elements extraction demonstration project. Paul Ziemkiewicz, director of the West Virginia Water Research Institute ...
Pipeline’s pros can’t outweigh its cons A guest essay in Sunday’s Dominion Post (3-26-23) extolling the benefits of finishing the Mountain Valley Pipeline is so glaringly misleading that a response is required. The remaining unbuilt section would cross the Blue Ridge ...
MORGANTOWN — Legislators hope a tax break for companies that extract and produce rare earth elements and critical minerals will encourage them to set up in West Virginia. HB 3012 provides for a nine-year break in severance taxes for a company that severs, extracts and produces for sale, ...
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate set the stage Thursday to erect a memorial to child labor and child workers who died on the job in Fairmont. Senators unanimously approved HB 3312, the bill to erect the memorial. The bill says the site was chosen for its proximity to the 1907 Monongah mine ...
We’re running our weekly roundup a little early this week, and we’ll mostly be focusing on the “good” and the “stupid” today. The “bad” will come tomorrow. Without further ado, let’s take a look at what the Legislature has been up to. Good: HB 4003 — to establish legal ...
MORGANTOWN — The House of Delegates on Monday passed its version of the bill to allow the state or private entities to sell rare earth elements and critical minerals extracted from mine drainage. Delegate Riley Keaton, R-Roane, offered his view on why he and many others think the bill ...